Improvement in harvesters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JNO. S. TROXEL, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEM ENTl IN HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 20,227, dated May 11, 1858.

So all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JOHN S.TROXEL, of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels for Harvesters; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a tnll and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a side View. Fig 2 is a view in parallel perspective.

To enable others skilled in the art t0 make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

1n Fig. 1, A is the driving'wheel; B, the circular metallic plate between the stationary and movable arms of the reel, having; slots in it through which the boltpasses and into which the stationary arms are let, making themfirmly attached together with the plate; C, the swinging; or revolving yoke-lever with the bearings ofthe reel-shaft on each side ot it, and on which the reel is hung, and which is attachedV by means of bearings to the main shaft" ot' driving-wheel; D, the pulley on reel-shaft; b, strap connecting with driving-wheel and pulley for oherating the reel; E, slotted lever with its fulcrnm near the center and operating on main shaft; c, bolt with screw-nut passing through and working in the slotF in leverE; Gr, connecting-rod connecting lever E and swing revolving yoke O; H, the end of continuous cutter-bar, which is all ot' one piece; I, the finger. The change in the position of the Yreel is shown in red litres.

In Fig. 2, A is the driving-wheel; B, the circular metallic plate; O, the swinging; and revolving yoke; l), the pulley-wheel on reelshaft; a., reel-shaft; b, pulley-strap connecting pulley-wheel and main wheel, and which gives motion to the reel; K, the arms of the reel, which are stationary; d, tliebladesofthe. reel. The red lines show the blades changed in their relation to the cutter. E, slotted lever; c, bolt passing,r through slotted lever; G, connecting-rod between yoke-lever U and E.

In the operation of my invention, my reel, by means ofthe revolving yoke-lever U, being hung on main shaft, I dispense with any reelpost at the outer end of the reel-yoke. Lever (l is adjustable by means of slot F in lever E and connecting-rod G and bolt c. It'I wish to raise or lower my reel, I do so by unscrewing bolt-0, then raise or lower yoke-lever C until [get it to the position I require, whereit is firmly held by screw-bolt c. By this means I raise or lower the reel as I desire. The pulleystrap is thus always kept tight.

When I wish tochange the line of the blades, either t0 make them parallel tothe edge ofthe cutters or diverging therefrom, I do so by means of the movable rear arms of the reel and the b oltil passing through both sets of arms and the metallic plate. One arm' is stationary and the other movable or pariially revoluble. Vhen thislbolt T is unscrewed it will allow the movable arms to revolve, which will change the direction of the blades out of parallel with the critters by means of the slots in said blades where they are attached to the arms, and the bolt T sliding in the slot in metallic plate firmly holds the arms in this position when the nut on it is tightened. This is an important' arrangement in reels for operating in fallen or tangled grain, sinceit enables the operator to easily turn it onto the cutters.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Hang'ng and operatingl reels for harvesters on the ma'n shaft by means of volte-lever G and slotted lever E, rod G, and movable arms L, slotted blades d, pulley and strap b, and slotted plate- B, with screw-bolt T, as herein set forth and described.

JOHN S. TROXEL.

Witnesses:

T. G. CLAYTON, J os. G. CLAYTON. 

